Lockerbie: police wanted to speak to eight other suspects

Stuart Henderson, a former head of the Lockerbie investigation, has said
authorities wanted to speak to eight other potential suspects in connection
with the bombing but they were never interviewed.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al MegrahiPhoto: EPA

By Chris Irvine

11:00AM GMT 26 Oct 2009

Mr Henderson, a former detective chief superintendent with Lothian and Borders Police, led the Lockerbie Incident Control Centre from 1988 until 1992.

He contends that a list of people in Libya, all believed to be male, were identified by police investigating the bombing, but were never interviewed.

Speaking to The Scotsman newspaper, Mr Henderson said: "We submitted eight other names of people that we wished to interview that were strong suspects. Unfortunately, we never got that opportunity.

"I am delighted they are making moves to see if there is anything further, because no matter what anybody says, we did not ever say it was just [Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-]Megrahi we were after. We never said that.